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English 1b3 Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Precede & succeed/

Are these identicle in meaning?

a. In the alphabet, a comes before b.

b. In the alphabet, a precedes b.

Are these identicle in meaning?

c. In the alphabet, b follows a.

d. In the alphabet, b succeeds a.





I ask because I have an inkling that succeed is generally used only when we talk about something hypothetically following/coming after something else.





Thank you
  

Top answer

Those work OK; precede and succeed are just more formal.

  • Those work OK; precede and succeed are just more formal.
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Those work OK; precede and succeed are just more formal.

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